Weekly Address: Expanding Responsible Oil Production in America

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Weekly Address: President Obama Announces New Plans to Increase Responsible Domestic Oil Production
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/14/weekly-address-president-obama-announces-new-plans-increase-responsible-

We've seen this failed plan before.
But then Obama is a moderate republican and so its not a big deal.

More crap to appease the nutcases...and when gas prices don't go down they'll STILL hate him.

He knows we don't conserve any rights or exclusivity to the oil we let these people pump out of our land. Why would you imply that increasing domestic oil production would help anything, unless you're a lying liar who lies Republican lies?

the truth being that more domestic drilling would have virtually no effect on gas prices. It was not a popular position in the polls, but it was the truthful one.

Why do these douches get to gamble with the price of gasoline so they can make a buck when it goes up AND down? WTF? Oh, right. Wouldn't want to piss off Timmeh's buddies on Wall St. now, would we? Fraudulent crap.

Remember, it takes a LOT of money to run for office (and for a few other luxuries, of course...).

:-(

I thought offshore drilling was already very safe:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x460618

I don’t agree with the notion that we shouldn’t do anything. It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don’t cause spills. They are technologically very advanced. Even during Katrina, the spills didn’t come from the oil rigs, they came from the refineries onshore.

I can't bring myself to listen to anymore of what I already heard. This is the kind of duplicity is actually irrational, perhaps even insane (some might say) and it inspires HOPELESSNESS. It is not prgramatic and it is so deceptive it boggles the mind of how an intelligent human being could possibly bring themself to go to the bullypulpit with such poppycock as this.

But it wouldn't be the first time, and obviously it won't be the last.

Where for art thou, candidate Obama?

"...the cost of everything...keeps on rising..."

OK. So I guess SS recipients will get their COLA next year? Yeah, I didn't think so.



"...launched a task force...<to root> out cases of fraud or manipulation in the market..."

How many "task forces" has he launched, and when will we get updates on their progress? Meanwhile, the manipulation continues apace.


"clean energy technology...solar...wind..."

Well, at least he didn't mention nuclear. Don't want to open THAT can of worms.


"reduce our dependence on foreign oil"

I swear, if he utters that phrase one more time I'm gonna do harm to my computer monitor. This is a direct lie, for all the reasons others have mentioned. As Rachel says, "oil is oil is oil" etc. WHY does he continue to say this? It's offensive and just causes me to despise him even more because he's trying to manipulate us. Why can't one of our spineless WH stenographers ask him to explain the concept of "foreign oil"?


And what are these "leases" he keeps talkiing about? I suspect it's another one of his "weasel words". Basically he's saying is that we don't really own all the stuff he's talking about.

Just more bafflegab from our Great Leader. Pfft! :puke:

that? He AGAIN stressed investing in new and cleaner sources of energy. And YES, "foreign oil" means oil we IMPORT. If we can get the fuck off FOREIGN oil with our own array of sources, we aren't as beholden to the whims of international oil speculation, OPEC policies, nor will we be as connected to Mid East conflicts and problems. In the meantime, we need to increase somewhat our own fossil fuel production to lower foreign oil demand and to bridge time as we work to get off oil entirely. Please, enough fringe ideology driven selective hearing. Want to bash the President? Join Free Republic. Some of us actually support Democrats here on DEMOCRATIC Underground. Or, go start your own "Let's Be Fringey And Attack Obama All Day Underground" site.

That's what Obama did.

A sea of oil won't stabilize the market. Oil prices are not driven by real supply and real demand anymore.

Ask Goldman Sachs that uses your pension money to drive prices up and down as they please. They've been doing that for years.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/11/businesspro-us-goldman-recommendation-co-idUSTRE73A7ZL20110411
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/gas-prices-because-legal-speculation-not-manipulation-consumer-174837231.html
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0413/096-sachs-semgroup-goldman-goose-oil.html

"An oil crisis canot be solved by drilling more oil -- anywhere.
--Rachel. See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0--Q9_KmAY

Obama spent 45 seconds of the 4 minutes (which doesn't constitute the "much" you speak of) talking about ending oil subsidies. I applaud his efforts in this respect and I hope Congress votes to end the above. I'm not optimistic, however.

As far as clean energy, I'm ready, right now, to have some solar panels installed on my roof. Oh, and I'll take a wind turbine in my back yard, thank you. The US govt. could install solar panels on every home in the US for what we spend in one week pursuing the never-ending WOT.

There are creative ways this country could be moved toward energy independence, NOW. But all we ever hear is talk.

You seem to think that telling the president to walk the talk is "bashing". I disagree.

...does virtually nothing to the price of gas at the pump.
It is not "our oil" once it is pumped by the multi-national oil giants and enters the world oil market where it doesn't make a dent.


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To promote their own green agenda and thus make money for their green friends. Some soul searching needed. Are you willing to enforce the greenification of the nation at any cost? 'Cause that's what Obama is doing by letting the oil speculators run the show. A classic example of a situation in which both parties are picking Joe's pockets.

As if green is a bad thing.

Also, please link us to your "fact" claim below:

"Fact is, many Dems like high oil prices to promote their own green agenda"

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Back in 2000, Saudi said the fair market price for a barrel of crude was $ 24 and they promised to throttle their supply to maintain that price. Then Bush/Cheney and the neocons destabilized the Middle East.

I also recall that oil averaged $10 a barrel during Clinton's two terms.

Wake me up, if Obama and Holder ever find a crook on Wall Street. It sure seems highly unlikely.